Full Review:

Pelon Pelo Rico!!!

Benjamin ate this on April 22, 2010

This stuff.  Man, I love this stuff.  I remember when my friend first introduced it to me.  Like 99.9% of everyone else in the world I told him there was no way I was eating a “candy” that had chile peppers in it and is squeezed out of a fat syringe looking thing.  I honestly can’t remember how he convinced me to try it – maybe he paid me, I have no idea.  But oh boy, it changed how I view foreign snacks.  Is it completely different than anything you’ve ever tasted before?  I would assume thats the case for everyone who hasn’t lived in Mexico.  Is it really delicious?  Yes.  This in fact might be the first “savory” tasting candy I’ve ever had.  It’s got a pasty/sticky consistency with actual flecks of chile pepper mixed in with the sweet tamarindo extract.  So sweet and spicy.  But you really have to try it to “get’ it.  Top 5 candy for me.

Best place to eat to this snack?

Honestly – I’m thinking some Myan ruins deep, deep in the jungles of Mexico.  While on an expedition of some sort?  With maybe an Indiana Jones kind of theme going on?  Maybe?  Or just my office is cool really.

Thoughts on the packaging?

You know – its weird.  It truly is a fat syringe looking device that has a screen type thing where the candy comes out creating a pasta kind of effect.  So its a bit weird, but so is the candy – so…well done on their part I’d say.

What kind of store did you find it at?

Actually, fun fact: you used to be able to get this at a lot of Walgreens.  But I haven’t seen it there in a year or so.  You’ll have to head South of the border or hit your local Mexican markets.

Did taste like it looks?

Thank goodness no.  It really just doesn’t look good, no way around it. I suppose until you find out how good it tastes.  Its kind of like: “She is…she’s just…she has a really GREAT personality.”

Did you finish the whole thing?

Yes.  I certainly did.  Actually, the seasoned Pelon Pelo Rico eaters know the trick of getting the extra bits out of it even after you think its finished.  Requires a butter knife.

BONUS QUESTION: Why is there a French coin next to this Mexican candy?

Great question.  Really great question.  A friend gave it to me – said it was a Peso.  We figured it’d play well with the Mexican theme.  I never looked to confirm this.  Even while shooting it in our little studio setup.  Then we figured it’d be kind of funny to keep it in there…more so because I ate the whole thing and we didn’t have another one to shoot.  Ha.